Bottle-washing apparatus



March 13, 1928.

1, 62,144 E. BRUN'HOFF BOTTLE WASHING APPARATUS Filed May 25, 1922 Patented Mar. 13, 1928.

UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

EDW'ARD BRUNHOFF, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE BRUNI-IOFF MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

BOTTLE-WASHING APPARATUS.

Application filed May 25,

My invention relates to improvements in bottle washing apparatus. One of its objects is to provide an improved combination or assembly for the purpose of conveniently and expeditiously washing bottles. Another object is to provide improved controlling means whereby the scouring and rinsing of the bottles is attained by the adjustment of a control lever from one to another of three different positions. Another object is to provide against the scouring material being lodged in the water supply conduits. An other object is to provide forthe escape oi flocculent sediments or precipitates, or similar substances having a tendency to float upon water. My invention also comprises certain details of form combination and arrangement, all or which will be fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1, is a front elevation of a bottle washing apparatus embodying my improvements and invention.

Fig. 2, is a central vertical section through the same. k

Fig. 3, is a perspective view oi": the con. trolling valve detached.

Fig. 4, is a perspective view of the delivery end of the exit ports with an automatically actuated gate attached thereto.

Fig. 5 is a sectional detail taken on lines 5-5 of Fig. 2.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the preferred embodiment of my invention in which 15 represents the base or support adapted to be clamped to the. floor of a sink or other position where the waste water may be freely drained. away. Formed in the base is a substantially horizontal conical valve chamber16 having a supply port 17 leading thereto. Water under pressure is supplied to the port 17 through a flexible rubber conduit 18 from the usual water service, supply pipes. Leading from the upper portion of the valve chamber is a relatively smaller water exit port 19 which servesas an i11 jectorconduit to take up a percentage of anabrasive material 20, such as sharp quartz sand for instance, into a current of water of relatively high velocity flowing upwardly through the conduit 19 and a conduit 21 ex- 1922. Serial No. 563,638.

ings flow out at the neck of the bottle around I the conduit 21 and into a cylindrical hous- 'ing 22 terminating at its lower end in a perforated sheet metal cone 24 through wlnchthewaste water and scourings escape while the abrasive material is retained within the perforated cone to be used repeatedly.

Another exit conduit 26 leads from the side of the valve chamber- 16 and further to the rear thereof their the eXitfport 19. The conduit 26 is curved so that-its outer end lies alongside of the upper end of the conduit 21 and terminates within the bottle at about the same height as the upper end of the conduit 21. A sheet metal gate 27 is pivotally attached at 28 to the upper end. of the conduits21 and 26 and is automatically actuated by the jets of water so as to cover the upper end of the conduit 26 while water is issuing from conduit 21 to prevent water and abrasive material entering conduit 26, and actuated to automatically reverse and cover the exit end of conduit 21 when water is being delivered through con duit 26. l A hollow tapered valve plug 30 is seated in the valve chamber 16 and held in place by means of a cross-bar 44 666 Fig. 1, which is rigidly attached to the base 15 across. the open larger end of the valve chamber 16, and

held a short distance from the casing 15 by means of screws 45 which pass through the ends of the crossbar 4:4: and then through short sections of metal tubing and into threaded sockets in the base 15. A screw 46 is threaded through the cross-bar 44 along the axis of the valve plug 30, and its inner conical end engages a small tapered recess at-the axis of the outer end ofthe valve plug, see Fig. 3, whereby the valve plug 30 may be adjusted with great accuracy toits tapered seat and so as to insure the valve plug moving freely at all times. a A look nut on the screw 46 provides for locking the flows'throughports 17 aiid33 and into the i an screw 46 rigidly to its adjusted positions relative to the cross-bar 44. The valve plug 30 is provided with a port 31 to register w th the port 17, anda port 32 to register with the port 19 of the valve casing when the valve handle or lever isthrovvn tothe left hand full line position shown in Fig. 1, to thereby supply water under pressure through the conduit 19 into the flaring end of conduit,

valve handle 35 indicates 'exteriorly of the" valve casing, b its position the positionb'f the valve and its portsinside ofthe valve casing y 1 52 When the valve handle35 is-in the vertical dotted line position Fig 1, all of the ports through tlie valve 30"and valve casin 16"are cut olf therebyproviding for acon;

venie'nt and ready-control '-Witha single op erat'ivelever.

F A series of spring fingers 3'1 are attached to thecylindrical casing 22 and bent inwardly toward the eentrallyiooated conduits'fll and 26} The'fingers 37. serve to 'yieldingly hold theinverted bottlesina 'centralposi don-relative to'the bottle "washing apparatus during the \1 ivashing operation. A series "of fiorts"'38"at the "ap -er po'rtionof the oilical perforatetlmember 24" serve to permit the escape of any, flocculentmaterial or similar material washed"itroni'tlie bottles and which tends to, floatupon thewater or refuses to p'ass"throiig h thelsinaller perforations of member? 24. Each po'rt 38 is preferablyprovlddfwith a sheet"inetal -hood 39which discharge tlirou 'hthe" ports In operation; ivlie'n the valve handle 35 is in a substantially vertical position, the portsf31 and33 do not eitherofthemregisteitwith serves to reventthe abrasive material being the p ort 17; n'o Water f flows. \Vhen the valvehandle 35 is moved to the left hand or full lineposition offFig. 1, 'the port ill rgistersvvith port 17 and port 32 registers with ort -19; oausing ivater and scouring mater al to be forced upvvardly through the tube 21' into the" bottle, 'while' the upper end of the tube QG'is closed by the gate 27. Wh'en' the valve-'handle f'35 isiii the right hand or dotted ,lineposition Fla. "I," clear water valve cliainberfa'rid throngh%ports"3 l and 26 into"'tliejbottle to ri11se=the bottle, while the gate 27 closes the upper end 'of' the tube 21: The ports32 and 34=are oifset length- Wise rot-" the valve 30 so-wa s not to register \vi'ththeport 1 7; and s'o that port 32*c'an only register with 19, and port 34 can only register with port 26. The casing 22 is detachably held in place upon the member 24; by means of bayonet joint latch members 48.

The apparatus herein shown and described is capable of considerable modification without departing from the-spirit of my invention.

What I claim is:

l. A bottle washing apparatus comprising a valve casing provided with a base for mounting the same, a supply conduit communicating with said valve casing, a vertically disposed nozzle leading from said valve casing, a perforated container for abrasive material niounteclupon Sai'dWalveba'sing and surrounding said nozzle, a tube 'aligi'iedjwitli saidfnozzle but spaced therefrom, adjapted to deliver an abrasive charged current of fluid into a bottle, an impert'orate' splash shield mounte'dupon said abrasive container and surrounding saidtube; means cari'iedby said shield for retaining the bottle in inverted positionabout said tube, arinsing conduit leading from said valve casingand termiiiiit ing in a portion'extending adjacent to antl parallel with saidtube for entry therewith Withinthe bottle, and a mummy valve within the valve casing forselectivel'y pan; trolling the flow of Water to saidtnbe' or said rinsingconduit.

2. A bottle washing apparatus comprisin a perforated casingprovidedfivit resil ieht fingers to" support a bottle inan inverted p6- sition, a base supporting said perforatbd casing andprovided with a tapered valve casing open at its larger end andprovided'with a port to supply water underpresjsuiethereto and tivo exit ports 'tdintle'pc'ndhtly supply jets of xvater under pressure to theiiit erior of bottles-supported bysaid fingersfa' iapered and chambered valve plixg "seated in said valve casing. and provided With'ports to direct the supply "of aterm 'eit ier of said exit ports, 'a'valve lever waetuaa s'aid valve plug from the exterior er the valve casing and to indicate by its position position of said valve plug within'itscasiiig; abracket detach'ablyattached toithe valve casing a set-soften carried by'said bracket andjad justabldto engagethe large-Jena tiffisaifd valve plug and to hold the valye' )lugTi'n position" relative to" its valve seat vit i n said valve casing, andmeans'engaging tlidvalve lev lib limit therotarynlovenient of the valveplug within the valve" casing en gaging the valveactuating lever at opposite limits of the movement of sai'd lever. I 31A bottle ivashing apparatus comprising means'to support a bottlein inverted po-' sition, a conduit t'o'supply a j otmixed water and a scouring material to" he interior of a bottle to be iva'shedQarondiliti'to supply a jet ofr1nsingwaterto the interiori (if said bottle,' a conduit to supply viater sure to said conduits, means controllable at Will to alternately supply Water under pressure through said scouring conduit or said rinsing conduit to the interior of the bottle, I and a valve at the exit end of said scouring conduit and rinsing conduit and automatically actuated by the flow of water through said conduits to alternately close the exit end of saidscouring conduit and said rinsing conduit.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

EDWVARD BRUNHOFF. 

